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Business Development: Playing The Right Card
Leor Franks
30 October 2015
Whistleblowing claims: The contracting scope of the "Public Interest" requirement
In Underwood v Wincanton plc, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has given guidance on the correct interpretation of “in the public interest” for the purposes of whistleblowing under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (“PIDA”). It concluded that a dispute between an employer and a group of just four employees, in relation to their conditions of employment, was “in the public interest” and so capable of being a protected disclosure.
28 October 2015
Whistleblowing in banks and insurers: FCA and PRA confirmation of their new rules
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published policy statements setting out new rules on whistle-blowing which push its importance up the agenda. These set out a framework of regulatory obligations applicable to whistle-blowing in banks and insurers.
The confirmation of the new rules on 6 October follows the publication last February by the regulators of their proposed package of measures in respect of whistleblowing in a joint PRA and FCA consultation paper.
21 October 2015
Shared (grand)parental leave – help or hindrance?
In an effort to boost the Government’s family friendly and flexible working policies, Chancellor George Osborne announced on 5 October that shared parental leave (SPL) and pay will be extended to working grandparents. With the details to be consulted on in the first half of next year and legislation due around 2018, it will be a while until the full impact of this extension can be calculated.
16 October 2015
Case update: Can companies bring discrimination claims?
In the recent case of EAD Solicitors LLP v Abrams, President Langstaff ruled that a company can bring a discrimination claim on the grounds that it has suffered detrimental treatment because of the protected characteristic of someone with whom it is associated.
14 October 2015
Case update: Do temporarily laid-off staff still transfer under TUPE?
If employees are temporarily laid off, does that mean that they cannot transfer under TUPE in a service provision change situation? Kirtsy Churm looks at a recent case...
